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AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB: FORMER MACGREGOR AND ARNOLD PALMER COMPANY ENGINEER MARK ALLEN SETS UP SHOP IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Local News ~ 05/29/01)
Mark Allen grew up in golf, the son of a Clinton, Ky., club pro and course superintendent. At the University of Kentucky, he played on the golf team and earned a degree in mechanical engineering. For the past 13 years, Allen has been combining golf and engineering in a profession that could hold its national convention in a small clubhouse, appropriately enough. He is a golf club designer...
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STRICTLY BUSINESS: JUST THE FACTS: MISSOURI FARM SURVEY STARTS THIS WEEK
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Representatives of the Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service will start calling on Missouri farmers this week to gather objective information about the health of the state's agricultural industry. "The survey provides the first indications of the potential production of major commodities for 2001," said Lowell Mohler, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The state figures are provided to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Services...
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MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING SESSIONS AVAILABLE
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Perryville in May. The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 20 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions (about one hour) are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment...
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MEMO: A.G. EDWARDS TO OPEN TODAY AT NEW LOCATION
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. will open in new facilities today. The investment company will relocate from #11, The Crossroads, to #1 The Crossroads Center, at the intersection of Kingshighway and Independence. The space was formerly occupied by Children's Bazaar...
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MEMO: NEW FURNITURE BUSINESS OPENS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Dockside Furniture Consignment Shop has opened in downtown Cape Girardeau. The new 20,000-square-foot business is located in the Paddle Wheel Plaza, at the 4 N. Spanish Street entrance. Paddle Wheel Plaza, owned by Wayne and Brenda Voss, includes an antique and collectibles mall. ...
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MEMO: SMALL FRUIT TOUR TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
An orchard and small fruit tour will be held Wednesday in Cape Girardeau County, sponsored by University Outreach and Extension and the State Fruit Experiment Station. First stop on the tour will be at Pioneer Orchards Market, owned by Sam Beggs, at Jackson, Mo. The market has a mix of fruits, vegetables, ornamentals and greenhouse plants. While in Jackson, tour participants will visit Pioneer Orchard, owned by Stanley Beggs. This orchard specializes in apples, shipping them nationwide...
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MEMO: GREETING COMPANY EXPANDING IN ARKANSAS
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
American Greetings Company, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, is expanding operations at its Osceola, Ark., site. An envelope manufacturing operation will be added, resulting in 100 new jobs. The plant, which opened in Osceola in 1969, employs about 1,600 people...
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MEMO: NEW ENERGY UNIT BEGINS OPERATION
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. have started operation of Unit 2 (256 megawatts) at the St. Francis Power Plant, located west of Glennonville in Southeast Missouri. St. Francis Unite 2 is a twin to the previously existing Unit 1 at Glennonville and incorporates an advanced combined-cycle combustion turbine, making it one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly power plants in the nation...
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MEMO: NEW BANKING BRANCH AT POTOSI TO OPEN
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
First State Community Bank (FSCB) will open a banking branch at Potosi, Mo., within 90 days. FSCB recently signed a contract to purchase land in Potosi, and will have a modular banking unit on the property, at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Highway P in three months, pending regulatory approval...
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PERSONNEL: HOSPITAL RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES AT BANQUET
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Southeast Missouri Hospital recognized 237 employees for a total of 2,870 years of service at the Hospital's 31th Employee Awards Banquet, held recently at the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Commemorative pins in recognition of five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service were presented by hospital administrator James W. ...
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PERSONNEL: POLHAMUS RECEIVES PRESIDENT'S AWARD
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Amy Polhamus, of Ryan's Family Steak House in Cape Girardeau, has received the President's Club Award for the year 2000. Polhamus, an Ohio native, joined Ryan's in 1994 and has managed the local restaurant since it opened about five years ago She became an operating partner in 1998. Ryan's Steak Houses Inc., operates 308 restaurants in 22 states...
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PERSONNEL: SCHOEN JOINS COMPANY AS LIGHTING CONSULTANT
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Charles B. Schoen has joined Pacific Grip & Lighting Co. in Seattle, Wash., as a lighting consultant. Schoen, son of Vernon and Linda Schoen of Oak Ridge, Mo., recently graduated from Full Sail Real World Education School at Orlando, Fla., with an associate's degree in film and video. Among courses at the school were film production, screenplays, lighting, set design and special effects...
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PERSONNEL: BAURMAN JOINS CONCORD PRINTING
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Rich Bauman has joined Concord Printing Services, 430 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, as general manager. Bauman has a bachelor's degree in accounting from DePaul University. Bauman most recently worked with a label printer company in the Kansas City area...
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MEMO: SALES OF NEW HOMES DOWN NATIONALLY
(Business ~ 05/29/01)
Americans bought fewer new homes in April as worries about job security helped push sales down by the largest amount in four years. Sales of new single-family homes fell by 9.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000, the biggest drop since April 1997, the Commerce Department reported Thursday...
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A DAY FOR REMEMBERING
(Local News ~ 05/29/01)
When World War II veteran John Freeze did not stand as taps began at a Memorial Day program in Cape Girardeau Monday, people around him knew something was wrong. Freeze, who just an hour earlier had stood at attention as the "Marine Corps Hymn" was performed by the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band, stopped breathing following an apparent heart attack during the program sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Joint Veterans Council...
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CAREER CENTER TO CHANGE INTO OFFICES, STORAGE SPACE
(Local News ~ 05/29/01)
The building that houses vocational education classes will have a different mission when the new Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center building opens to students in the fall. Over the next seven months, crews will work to turn the former vocational school, which opened at 301 N. Clark in 1967, into office and storage space...
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LAWYER STUDYING PEOPLE WHO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN COURT
(Local News ~ 05/29/01)
More people are taking the law into their own hands, and a Cape Girardeau attorney is examining the results. "There is an increasing sense on the part of some people that legal services are overpriced, and that the law is not as complex as it seems," said Diane Howard, who is researching a nationwide increase in people representing themselves in court for the Missouri Bar Association...
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MEYSTEDT FINALLY NABS NCAA BERTH; LOCAL ATHLETE REACHES NEW HEIGHTS AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/01)
When Jay Meystedt graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1996 as one of the nation's premier prep high-jumpers, he figured competing in the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships would be an annual occurrence. Little did Meystedt know how tough it would be to get there, which has made his senior season at the University of Missouri that much more gratifying...
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JANE HALTER
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Jane Y. Beard Halter, 89, of Charleston died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. She was born Dec. 4, 1911, at Charleston, daughter of Walter and Lurlyne Moore Beard. She and Linus A. Halter were married May 30, 1943. He died March 14, 1972...
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FAYE MICHELSEN
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
ORAN, Mo. -- Faye E. Michelsen, 87, of Oran died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 28, 1914, at Lamar, Ark., daughter of W.O. and Erna Boley Bacchus. She and Charlie E. Michelsen were married Sept. 26, 1930. He died May 16, 1952...
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EDITH PAYNE
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
Edith Wood Payne, 77, of Ozark, Ala., formerly of Ullin, Ill., died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at Dale Medical Center in Ozark. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin.
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MABEL HUTSON
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- Mabel E. Hutson, 82, formerly of Jackson, Mo., died Monday, May 28, 2001, at Apache Junction Heath Center in Apache Junction, Ariz. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.
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BERNARD BARKER
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
Bernard Barker, 70, of Anna, Ill., died Thursday, May 24, 2001, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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DOROTHY LYNN
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
IDorothy Lynn, 75, of Anna, Ill., died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna.
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WILLIAM DILLON
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
CENTERVILLE, Iowa -- William D. Dillon, 85, of Centerville died Saturday, May 26, 2001, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born Jan. 22, 1916, at Centerville, son of J.A. and Mary "Minta" A. Dawkins Dillon. He and Dorothy June Beach were married Aug. 27, 1941, at Springfield, Mo...
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HERMAN GOODMAN
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Herman E. Goodman Jr., 45, of Essex died Saturday, May 26, 2001, near Dexter, Mo. He was born June 7, 1955, at Dexter, son of Herman E. Goodman. He and Sharon Tibbs were married Dec. 27, 1997, at Dexter. Goodman lived in Essex until joining the Army, where he served 11 years. He returned to live in Essex, but moved to Dexter in 1989. Goodman was employed as a forklift operator for G&S Masonry...
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CARL HAAS
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
BERNIE, Mo. -- Carl Edward Haas, 63, of Bernie died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at the St. Francis Medical Center. He was born May 29, 1937, at Ironton, Ohio, son of Carl Henry and Ruth Lively Bailey Haas. He and Donna M. Kennedy were married Aug. 28, 1970, at Mifflin, Ohio...
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LILLIE PEARSON
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Lillie M. Allen Pearson, 77, of Commerce died Friday, May 25, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 23, 1923, at Commerce, daughter of Dave and Lillie Scott Allen. She and Woodrow Pearson were married Aug. 21, 1943...
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ALBERT FLOWERS
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Albert William Flowers, 91, of Scott City died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 21, 1909, at Cape Girardeau, son of Julious and Etta Bridges Flowers. He and Jewell Dunnine were married Jan. 6, 1934, in San Francisco, Calif. She died March 9, 1999...
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ORENA DOVER
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Orena N. Duke Dover, 79, of Sikeston died Saturday, May 26, 2001, at her home. She was born Oct. 18, 1921, in Bement, Mo., daughter of the late George and Minnie Sparks Duke. She was a housewife and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sikeston. On Nov. 29, 1941, in New Madrid, Mo., she married J.C. Dover, who died April 23, 1997...
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WARREN THOMAS
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Warren Jefferson Thomas, 80, of Marble Hill died Monday, May 28, 2001, at his residence. He was born Jan. 1, 1921, at Grassy, Mo., son of Charley and Leola Bess Thomas. He and Mary Modean Shetley were married Sept. 23, 1939. Thomas had worked as Marble Hill postmaster for 30 years until his retirement in the early 1980s. ...
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INEZ FRENCH
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Inez J. French, 95, of Perryville died Sunday, May 27, 2001, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 24, 1905, at Perry County, daughter of Henry and Elzine Robinson Whistler. She and Hubert French were married Sept. 6, 1926. He died May 3, 1995...
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MARY KOENIG
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Mary Rosalyn Koenig, 52, of Jackson, Mo., died Saturday, May 26, 2001, at her home. She was born Feb. 23, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the daughter of Ferdinand and Myrtle L. Kaempfe Braun. She was married to Ronald J. Koenig on Jan. 16, 1970, in Cape Girardeau, Mo...
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EARL NOBLES
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Earl H. Nobles, 76, of Scott City, Mo., died Monday, May 28, 2001, at his home. He was born Nov. 15, 1924, at Morehouse, Mo., son of Eddie and Lela Miller Nobles. He had worked as an engineer with Burlington Northern Railway Co. of Memphis, Tenn., until his retirement...
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EDNA WILSON
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Edna Wilson, 93, of Cairo died Saturday evening, May 26, 2001, at the Abbey of Carbondale in Carbondale, Ill. Mrs. Wilson was born July 4, 1907, in McCracken County, Ky., the daughter of the late Francis and Eudora Scott Brown. She was married to Opal Wilson, who preceded her in death in 1974...
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RITA REYNOLDS
(Obituary ~ 05/29/01)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Rita Reynolds, 86, of Advance, Mo., was born Dec. 22, 1914, in Stoddard County, Mo., the daughter of the late William Sherman and Elsa Sims Tippett, and passed away May 27, 2001, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. Rita was a retired factory worker and homemaker. She was a member of the Advance United Methodist Church...
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SPEAK OUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/29/01)
A MAN of personal conviction, U.S. Sen. James Jeffords is the man of the hour. WHAT'S THIS? Ken Starr vigorously defending FBI director Louis Freeh? Missouri Republican and erstwhile conservative U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond complaining that the Democrat takeover of the Senate will mean Missouri's share of pork will be cut by one third? Strange days indeed...
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FANS WELCOME AUTO RACING'S RETURN TO BENTON
(Editorial ~ 05/29/01)
Idle since 1997, the region's racing fans and race-car drivers have enthusiastically welcomed the reopening of the racetrack near Benton, Mo. When it was in full operation a few years ago, it frequently drew sellout crowds of 5,000 fans and drivers from a number of states...
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PUT TOBACCO FEES ON SPECIAL AGENDA
(Editorial ~ 05/29/01)
Among the biggest disappointments with the just-ended session of the Missouri General Assembly was its failure to pass a measure that would cap fees of lawyers who were hired to handle the state's lawsuit against the tobacco industry. As it stands, the attorneys will get in excess of $100 million, thanks to Attorney General Jay Nixon, a Democrat, who hired the team of private lawyers -- contributors to his campaign coffers -- rather than let his staff handle the case as he should have. ...
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WIDE MEADOWS: FINDING A WIFE FOR THW WHITTLIN' MAN (A CONTINUING SERIES)
(Column ~ 05/29/01)
Editor's note: This is a chapter from Jean Bell Mosley's book "Wide Meadows" that was first published in 1960. Everyone wanted Jeem to haul it all down to the festival sometime, or put it on display over to the city, but Jeem, never in a hurry, said it wasn't finished yet; and by that we knew there was someone else to go in Jeem's dooryard before he would call it complete. And after Molly and I took Miss Kate up, Jeem started whittling again and what we saw of it, it sure looked like Miss Kate...
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